British bulldog assignments of yesteryear. Guidelines for preparing for the international game competition "British Bulldog"

17 Mar 2012

Over the past 5 years, a competition for knowledge of the English language has been held in Russia. All schoolchildren of grades 3-11 of general educational institutions can take part in this competition. Anyone can become a participant in the competition: there is no pre-selection.

The organizers of this event are holding a competition in order to show all schoolchildren that English is not just a set of boring rules, cramming and complex exercises, but a way to get to know a new country and culture. This competition helps to understand that learning English is an interesting and fun activity.

The competition is held on four age groups: grades 3-4, grades 5-6, grades 7-8 and 9 – 11 classes. The results of the competition are summed up separately for each parallel.

For students 5– 11 classes invited to respond to 60 questions of varying complexity. Number of tasks for participants from 3– 4 classes reduced to 50. The tasks are divided into blocks (10 questions each) aimed at various types of language activities (speech understanding, coherent text understanding, knowledge of grammar, vocabulary). The tasks of the first block are based on the listening text. Listening involves the understanding of speech perceived by ear. Listening texts are selected for each age group.

You have 75 minutes to complete the tasks.

In each option there are quite simple tasks: each participant manages to give the correct answer to at least a few of them. The tasks themselves require from the student not a mechanical reproduction of the rules, but the manifestation of ingenuity, logical thinking.

The organizers of the competition are the NOU "Institute for Productive Learning" (St. Petersburg) and LLC "Center for Productive Learning" (St. Petersburg). The competition is part of the IPO program "Productive Learning - Education for All", approved by the Russian Academy of Education.

Tasks from the competition "British Bulldog – 2011"

I propose to pay attention to some of the options for tasks from the competition – 2011". Correct answers highlighted in bold

3-4 grades

I live in the north of England. My favorite season is summer. In June, July and August the days are very long. When I come … (1) from school, I … (2) my homework and … (3) go to play with my friends in the back yard. We usually play… (4). In summer I also like going out … (5) long walks in the country with my parents and my dog.

1.A) home B) to home C) to house.

2. A) take; B) make C) do.

3. A) than; B) then;C) they.

4.A) football B) football C) in football.

5. A) on; B) of; C) for.

Choose the correct answer

6. My Mother wasn't … this morning.

A) at the home B) at home C) at home.

7. … lumps of sugar do you want in your tea?

A) How many; B) how much C) any.

8. Where … go on Sunday?

A) do you B) you C) does you.

9. He…early in the morning.

A) get up B) gets up C) got up.

10. Tom … television every evening.

A) looks B) sees C) watches.

5th-6th grades

Read the text and find the right answer

Susan Kente is a “dog-sitter”. She looks after people's dogs from Monday to Friday. She wakes up at 5.15 a.m. and 15 minutes later she gets up. She has a shower, she

drinks a glass of orange juice and she sometimes has toast and butter. Then she goes outside to the garden and gives the dogs their breakfast, the slowest eats first. Then they all get into Susan's car. It's very dirty! Susan takes the dogs to the park and they run about. She always takes some water and biscuits for them. They go back to the car at 11.00 a.m. and then they go back home. At about 5.00 p.m. the dogs' owners come to collect their dogs. Some people say it's boring to look after the dogs, but Susan doesn't agree.

1. Susan takes care of the dogs … a week.

A) two days B) five days C) seven days.

2. She gets up at … five.

A) a quarter to; B) half past; C) a quarter past.

3. She has a … in the morning.

A) bath B) bathroom c) shower.

Choose the correct option

4. My book is dull, … is very interesting.

A) you B) your C) yours.

5. The pupils played ... after school.

A) hockey B) the hockey C) in hockey.

6. She is fond of listening ... .

A) music B) to music C) by music.

Find the word which has the closest meaning to the given word

A) often B) always C) rarely.

A) intelligent B) dumb C) dull.

A) nice B) up-to-date C) beautiful.

Choose the best reply

10. Hello! How are you?

A) I'm an engineer.

B) Pleased to meet you.

C) Fine, thanks. And you?

11. Would you like some crisps?

A) No, please. B) No thanks. C) No, okay.

12. What does she do? She….

A) does secretary;

B) is a secretary;

Do you know London? Read the sentences and find the correct answers

13. London stands on the river … .

A) Thames B) Clyde C) Avon.

14. Where does Queen Elizabeth II live?

A) Buckingham Palace

C) Westminster Abbey.

15. It is one of the oldest buildings in London.

A) Whitehall B) The Tower C) Big Ben.

7th-8th grades

Read the text and fill in the gaps with the right words

1.A) by; B) on; C) in.

2. A) a; B) the; C) no article.

3. A) a; B) the; C) no article.

4. A) seat; B) habitat C) house.

5. A) wild; B) wildlife C) naturalistic.

6. A) for; B) as C) with.

Which option is correct?

7. Look at the sky, I think it … soon.

A) will rain B) rain C) is going to rain.

8. Why don't you … a picture of us?

A) take B) have C) do.

9. I was suddenly asked to … a speech.

A) take B) make C) do.

One of the underlined words is unnecessary. Which one?

10. I want to get by a good result in my exam.

A) to B) by; C) a.

11. You can't miss my house; it's opposite of the market.

A) my B) it's C) of.

12. My teacher who has been helping me to prepare for my exam.

A) who B) have been C) for.

Choose the most suitable article

13. Trafalgar Square

A) a; B) the; C) no article.

14. Tower of London

A) a; B) the; C) no article.

15 Houses of Parliament

A) a; B) the; C) no article.

Do you know Great Britain?

16. Which country is not a part of the UK?

A) Scotland B) Wales; C) Iceland.

17. William the Conqueror invaded the British Isles

in the … century.

A) eighth; B) eleventh C) fifteenth.

18. The Battle of Trafalgar took place during ... .

A) WW II B) the Civil War; C) the war against Napoleon.

9-11 grades

Read the text and fill in the gaps with the right words

1. A) when; B) where C) what.

2. A) hay; B)grass C) thatched.

3. A) busy B) quiet C) small.

4. A) round B)at C) through.

Which option is correct?

5. He said that Greece … ancient culture.

A) has B) have C) has had.

6. It annoys me that he ... .

A) always smile B) will smile C) is always smiling.

7. Shortly after our arrival … Turkey, she fell ill.

A) in; B) to C) at.

Which option is wrong?

8. He ... have done it.

A) must B) did not C) can't.

9. I told him that I … the film.

A) had seen B) would see C) see.

10. I saw her … the window.

A) open B) opening C) opened.

Select the word, which best completes each sentence

11. I was so busy that I had the time to … the report.

A) read B) skim C) study.

12. As we were losing, we could only … to their plans.

A) yield B) rush c) help.

13. He asked that they … from smoking in the room.

A) refrain B) stop C) refuse.

Do you know Great Britain and its culture?

14. The Great Fire of London was in ... .

A) 1600; B) 1660; C) 1666.

15. The Battle of Trafalgar took place in ... .

A) 1805; B)1812; C) 1814.

16. The Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII was ... .

A) Winston Churchill

B) Margaret Thatcher

c) David Cameron.

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The idea of ​​the British Bulldog competition was created by the English organization British Institutes. It was first held in Italy, where it immediately gained immense popularity. In Russia, the competition is part of the Productive Game Contests program, which is part of the coordination plan of the Federal State Institution "North-Western Branch" of the Russian Academy of Education and implemented by the Innovative Institute for Productive Learning.

December 12, 2018 XII international gaming competition in English will be held "British Bulldog".

The content of the competition is developed taking into account the school curriculum. For participants of different age groups (3-4, 5-6, 7-8 and 9-11 grades), the authors prepared four options for tasks. Pupils of grades 2 can take part in the competition, but a separate version of the tasks is not provided for them, so they answer questions for grades 3-4. Participation of 1st grade students is not allowed. Participants complete tasks at school outside school hours for 75 minutes. Competitive tasks include 60 questions, for each of which it is necessary to choose one of four possible answers. The questions are divided into blocks that take into account various types of language activities (understanding of oral speech, understanding of coherent text, knowledge of grammar, vocabulary).

An important feature of the competition is the mandatory inclusion of audio materials in the tasks., on which the first 10 questions of each age option are built. The content complex also includes blocks with questions aimed at working with visual materials, in which knowledge of the language becomes more of a means to complete the task. In all age options, questions based on cognitive material are presented; tasks for high school students may include questions about the most significant events and prominent personalities of English-speaking countries. Such blocks become an additional means of motivation for learning the language and expanding the lexical and cultural range. The performance of competitive tasks also contributes to the development of foreign language communicative competencies (speech, language, intercultural).

After summing up the results (at the end of March 2019), each participant will receive a certificate indicating his place in the school, in the region. And the winners will be awarded diplomas and prizes.

Participation fee is 70 rubles.

Responsibility for holding the competition in the Saratov region is assigned to the regional organizing committee - Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “N.G. Chernyshevsky SSU” (Institute of Electronic and Distance Learning).

British Bulldog (British Bulldog) is a game international competition for schoolchildren in English.

Official website: http://runodog.ru/ Date: December 12, 2018 International competition in English "British Bulldog" (British Bulldog)

There will be 12 British Bulldog competitions in 2018. The tasks of the Olympiad are intended for students of schools of different levels of training and are designed to develop interest in the English language and the culture of English-speaking countries.

Rules for the British Bulldog Olympiad

The "British Bulldog" is held directly in schools. Anyone can participate from grades 2 to 11. Participation is paid. The cost of participation, conditions, application deadlines, contacts of the organizing committee of your region can be found on the official website of the organizer.

Participants of the Olympiad are invited to answer 60 questions of varying complexity in 75 minutes. Students in grades 3 and 4 offer 10 fewer questions.

All tasks are divided into blocks, each of which is aimed at different types of language activities: vocabulary, speech understanding, grammar, understanding of coherent text.

Each participant receives a form with tasks and an answer form.

History of the British Bulldog competition

The competition was first held in 2007 in Italy and immediately gained popularity. The idea of ​​creation belongs to the British Institutes - an English organization.

In Russia, the contest is organized by the Center for Productive Learning (St. Petersburg).

Why the British Bulldog?

The name "bulldog", that is, a bull dog, is associated with its original and immediate purpose, namely an attack on a bull. But over time, such fights were canceled. And the dog has become an indispensable companion of a true gentleman.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the British Bulldog has become associated with the image of good old England. The British themselves consider the bulldog an unofficial national symbol. The similarity of the breed with the character traits of a "true gentleman" strengthened the image in the minds of people. And the use of the image by artists and writers finally strengthened the British Bulldog as a symbol of England throughout the world.

How to prepare for the British Bulldog competition in 2018-2019 academic year?

British Bulldog tasks and answers from previous years